Shutter manipulator and fastener.



J. W. HUNTLEY.

SHUTTER MANIPULATOR AND FASTENER.

APPLIQATION FILED MAY 13, 1010.

978,588. Patented Dec. 13, 1910.

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JOHN WILSON HUNTLEY, OF ROCKHILL, SOUTH CAROLINA, ASSIGNOR TO ROBERTMARSH, OF ROCKHILL, SOUTH CAROLINA.

SHUTTER MANIPULATOR AND FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 13, 1910. Serial No. 561,101.

To all whom it may concem:

Be it known that I, Joan W. llu'n'rnnr, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Rockhill, in the county of York and State of SouthCarolina, have invented a no r and useful Shutter Manipulator-and .lastener, of I which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to shutter fasteners and manipulators, ahd it hasfor its object to provide a fastening which maybe operated when thewindows are 'aiscd only a few inches.

Another object of the invention is to provide a fastening which may beconstructed at very little expense and which may be adjusted in placewith very little trouble, the fastener being so constructed that, whenadjusted in operative position, it will hold the blind secured under allcircumstances.

Still other objects of the invention will appear in the followingcomplete description.

Io this specification 'I will describe the preferred form' of myinvention, it being understood that the scope of the invention isdefined in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of ref erenee indicatecorresponding parts in all the views, and in which" Figure 1 is anoutside view of a portion of a window frame and the blinds hingedthereto, my fastener being shown in connection therewith; Fig. 2 is aninside view of the window frame with the blinds closed; and Fig. I", isa view showing the pin mom her which is used in connection with the rodsforming the fastener.

By referring to the drawings it will be seen that to'the sill 5 of thewindow frame (3 is secured an eye member 7, this eye member 7 beingpreferably a screw eye. It will also be seen that red members 8 aretlI'tlClP lated at their outer ends to blinds t), which are hinged tothe window frame 6, the rods 8 being preferably articulated to the saidblinds 9 near their hinged sides by securing screw eyes 10 to the blinds9 and having the outer tern'iinals of the rods S, disposed through thesaid eyes. and bent around, thereby forming the desired connection withthe blinds. The inner terminals of the rods 8 are bent to form eyes lfl,one of the rods other rod.

Mounted on one of the rods 8 is a pin member 12, this pin member 12being formed of heavy wire and being bent around the rod 8 so that thepin member 12 is free to slide from one end of the rod to the other. lhepin member 12 is also bent to form a projection or terminal 13, aterminal 14 of lhe'wire being disposed substantially parallel with theprojection 13. i

The manipulator is worked as follows: lVhen the blinds are closed, raisethe sash a few inches, take hold of the pin member, or lock 12, with theright hand, slide it toward the center of the window, which is towardthe eyes in the two rods, then let the terminals 14 drop into both eyes.The blindsmay now be opened by pushing both of the rods (mtwardly, whichwill open both of the blinds at once. The projection, or terminal 13,may then be pushed into the screw eye, or staple 7, which will hold theblinds open against the strongest wind. \Vhen the. blinds are to beclosed, the window sash should be raised a few inches. as stated above,when the. operator should take hold of the pin member, or lock 12, andthe rods and raise it so that the projection, or terminal 13, is freefrom the screw eye, or'staplo 7, the pin number, or lock 12, being alsoat the same time,"l'reed from the eyes 11 on the rods 8. lhis havingbeen done, the pin member, or lock 12. should be moved to the right withthe left rod 8, which will pull the blind on the left a little ahead ofthe one on the right. the right-halal rm 8 being then moved toward theleft, which will make both of the rods come together when the blinds areclosed.

"l laving thus described my invention, 1" claim as new and desiretdseeure by Letters Patent:

l. in a shutter fastener, in combination with a window frame, twoshutters hinged thereto, two rods articulated at their outer terminalsto the shutters respectively. the rods having eyes at their innerterminals, one of the rods being disposed in the eye on the other rod,an eye member secured to the window frame, and a pin member carried byone of the rods, having two projections, one adapted to be disposed inthe eyes on the rods and the other in the eye member.

2. in a shutter fastener, in combination Patented Dec. 13, 1910.

8 being disposed through the eye 11 on the with a window frame and twoshutters hinged thereto, two rods articulated at their outer terminalsto the shutters respectively, the rods haying eyes at their innerterminals, one ofthe rods being disposed in the eye on the other rod, aneye member secured to the Window frame, and a pin'member having meansfor engaging the eyes on the rods and the eye member for holding theshutters extended.

3. In a shutter fastener, in combination with a Window frame with twoshutters hinged thereto, two rods articulated at their outer terminalsto the shutters respectively, one of the rods having an eye at its innerterminalin which the other rod is disposed, and

l l l In testimony whereof I have signed my 25 name to thisspecification two subscribing Witnesses.

JUHN WILSON HUNTLEY.

in the presence of Vi tness'es B. D. KENNEDY, B. G. BARNES.

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